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MANUPAGTURE OF RINGS OR'OHAIN LINKS.: No. 367,923. 'Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

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WILLIAM A. PEGK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

VM'ANUFACTUREOF RINGS OR CHAIN-LINKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,923, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed August 16, 1884. Serial No. 140,773. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. PEoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in the Manufacture of Rings or Chain-Links, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of rings or chain-links from a continuous coil of wire; and it consists in the improved combination and arrangement of devices for winding, cutting, and swaging the links, as hereinafter fully set forth. I

Figure 1 is aplan view ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken in the line so a: of Fig. 1. Figs. 4, 5, 9, 1O, 11, 12,13, and 14 are detail views. Fig. 6 represents the wire when coiled upon the mandrel and part of it 'cut to form the links. Fig. 7 represents the initial form of the link as separated from the 'coil. Fig. 8 shows the completely-closed link.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the bed-frame of the machine, upon which is secured the head B, within the forward bearing, a, of which is placed the revolving hollow spindle C, provided at its forward end with a faceplate, D, and upon its rear portion, between the bearings a a, is se cured the cone-pulley E and gear F. s

Within the bore of the hollow spindle G is placed the hollow spindle G, which is held stationary within therear bearing, a, by means of the clamping-screws b b, and within the bore of the stationary hollow spindle G is insertedthe cylindrical shank c of the winding-mam drel H, whiclris firmly held within the bore of the spindle G by means of the set-screw d. At the rear of the shank c of the mandrel, within the bore of the spindle G, is placed the loose bar I, and the rear end of the said spindle is provided with the screw J, which is adapted to effect the required longitudinal adjustment of the mandrel I-I.

Upon the spindle 0, between the face-plate D and the bearing a, is placed the spool K, upon which the wire is to be wound preparatory to forming the chain-links, the spool be ing arranged loosely upon the spindle, and

adjoining the pulley-E upon the spindle G is, placed the friction-gear L, which engages with the pinion L, arranged upon the shaft M, which is supported in the fixed bearings e e and the adjustable intermediate bearing, 6, and upon the rear end of the shaft M is placed the balance-wheel N.

Upon the front of the face-plate D, or of an equivalent support at the forward end of the hollow shaft 0, is secured the guiding-clamp 0, adapted for guiding the wire upon the mandrel, and to the edge of the face-plate is secured the curved guide P, adapted for guiding the wire from the spool K over the edge of the plate D. To the face-plate D is also secured the forcer Q, having a shank adapted for screw attachment to the plate, and a working-face, o, encircling the mandrel, and made in spiral form, so as to coincide with the spiral form of the adjoining first coil of the wire. Fig. 11 shows a section of the wire coil as applied to the spirally-formed face 11 of the forcer, and a separate perspective View of the forcer is shown in Fig. 10.

Upon the front end of the arbor R, which is held in the vertically-adj ustable bearings f f, is placed the cutter S, which serves to slit the spiral coil upon the mandrel to form the separate links shown in Fig. 7, the bearings ff being operated for adjustment by means of the screw 9 and milled nut h, and by reason of the vertical adj ustability of the bearings f f the cutteris made adapted for cutting the wire when wound upon mandrels of different sizes.

The cutter-arbor is driven by means of the scored pulley t, secured to the arbor, and the like pulley, j, secured to the shaft M, and the driving-band 7a, which passes around the edge of the intermediate guiding-pulleys, Z Z.

At the lower portion of the bed A is placed the cam-shaft T, which is held in the bearings m m, and driven from the gearF by means of the gear a, secured to the shaft '1 and the loose intermediate gear, 0.

At the front face of the die-holding standard U, which is provided with a perforated arm, 1), adapted to receive the forward end of the mandrel,is arranged the vertically reciprocating carrier V,which serves to transfer the partially-formed link, Fig. 7, downward to the swagingdie W. The position of theldie W within the die-holder U is adj ustably controlled by means of the annular screw q, the

forward end of which serves to form a bearing-seat, r, for the swaging-die. The carrier V, which comprises a spirally-faced bar, a, and a link-holding spring, y, is adj ustably attaehed to the reciprocating head W, from which connection is made by means of the vertically-guided bars 8 with the slotted crosshead X, to one side of which is secured the friction-roll t, which is adapted to enter the groove a of the Operating-cam Y. The working-face o of the carrier-barct is madein semispiral form, as shown in perspective in Fig. 4-, and also in the sectional end view, Fig. 14, in order to properly fit the upper half of the periphery of the partially-formed link s Fig. 13, which also shows a section of the divided lower end of the carrier-bar a taken in a horizontal plane, or m, passing through the axis of the mandrel ll; and Fig. 1 f represents an upward view of the bar a from the same horizontal plane.

The downward movement of the carrier will serve to transport the link s' to the swagingdie V. The flat spring 1/, which is secured to the outer side of the bar a and divided longitudinally into two parts at its lower end, in order to bear firmly against the side of the unfinished link 8, as shown in Fig. 13, will serve to hold the link against the vertical face I) of the die-holder, Fig. 12, during the downward movement of the carrier, and thus prevent the link from dropping away from the spiral soeketface t of the carrier. To the reciprocating head A is secured the tool-holder B, which is adapted to receive and hold the shank of the swaging-plunger At the rear of the reciprocating head A, and in the line ofthe axis of the swaging-plunger or, is placed the screw 7 which serves to adjust the position of the forward end of the plunger with reference to that of the swaging-die.

The head A is operated from the shaft T by means of the cam O and the slotted bar D, which is provided at one side with a friction-roll, a, adapted to enter the groove 7) of the cam, the link 0, and the toggle-levers d d.

To provide for the clearance of the finished links, Fig. 8, from the projecting spur c of the swaging-plunger, I arrange a clearing device, E, which is pivoted to the ear i of the slidebed F, at the point 1', and provided with a hook end, 9, which passes over the fixed pin it upon the opposite ear, To the side of the clearing device E adjacent to the swagingdie are secured the slotted clearer-plates 7; 7.1, which are adj ustably secured to the holder E by means of screws 1). The plates 7.1 l.: are to be so adjusted as to clasp the opposite sides of theplungera so that upon thebackward movement of the plunger the swaged link will be caught at its opposite edges by the adjacent edges of the plates 75 75, and the continued backward movement of the plunger will thereafter cause the removal of the finished link from the forwardly-project-iug spur c of the swagingplunger. r

In order to first wind the wire for the links upon the loose spool K, I provide an inclined friction-edge, in, upon the rear flange of the spool, and upon the balance-wheel shaft M is placed a correspondingly inclined frictionwheel, 11, which is splincd to the shaft between the collar 0 and theloose cam p. The cam p is provided with a thumb-piece, q, and is held from backward movement upon the shaft by means ofa projecting pin,r, which extends diametrically through the shaft. The projecting hub s of the friction-wheel it is also provided with a cam-face, t,adapted to fitthe correspond ing face of the cam 7), and between the frictionwheel a and collar 0' is placed the spiral spring a, which serves to hold the friction-wheel a in engagement with the inclined flange of the spool, as shown in Fig. 1. The spool will thus be driven by the frictional contact of the inclined surfaces of the spool-flange and wheel a, so that in case of the entanglement of the wire of the coil from which the spool is to be filled the consequent slipping of the drivingsurfaces will relieve the wire from injurious strain until the entanglement can be corrected. Vhen the spool K has been properly filled with wire, the cam p is to be slightly rotated on the shaft by means of the projecting thumbpiece (1', thus causing a backward-sliding move ment of the friction-wheel it against the forward action of the spring a, which will cause the disengagement of the friction-wheel and. spool. The wire from the spool K is now to be inserted into the open groove of the curved guide P, and from thence between the clamping-jaws b If, which serve to guide the wire to thestationary mandrel. The wire passes around the mandrel in close proximity to the spiral face 1) of the forcer Q, and as the spirallywonnd wire is forced forward along the mandrel it meets the edge of the revolving cutter, and is then divided into the spirallyformed links shown in Fig. 7, which, when forced to the end ofthe mandrel, will be caught under the spirally-formed end of the reciprocating bar a of the carrier V and carried down to a position in front of the opening of the swaging-die \V, the link being held against the face of the die-block on the downward movement of the carrier by means of the spring 51 Then as the swagingplunger moves forward the spur c of the plunger enters the central opening of the spirallydormed link, which will then be carried into the swaging-die and be compressed between the shoulder w of the die and the corresponding shoulder, m, ofthepluir ger, thus causing the previously-open ends of the link to be closed and the sides of the same to be brought from a'spi ral to a plane, as shown in Fig. 8.

The diameter of theswaging-plunger is made a trifle less than that of the swaged link, so that upon the retrograde movement of the plunger the clearer-plates will. cause the complete removal of the finished link, and in case of imperfect clearance, so that two links are caught at the same time between the plunger and die, the balance-wheel will still be allowed to revolve by the consequent slipping of the friction-gears, and the machine will thus be relieved from injurious strain.

The Wire for suitable winding upon the mandrel should be in its soft annealed condition, and is started upon the mandrel by first holding the end of the wire'firmly against the side of the mandrel and turning the spindle O in the proper direction for winding the wire, and aftera certain length of wire has been wound, so that the coil will reach the edge of the cutter, the revolution of the coil upon the mandrel will be prevented by the side of the cutter; but when the mandrel is made in oval or fluted form, the shape of the mandrel will serve to prevent the coil from turning.

The wire employed may be of any desirable cross-sectiomand the stationary mandrel upon which it is wound to form the link may be of any desirable form of cross-section.

Instead of the reciprocating carrier above described, a continuously-revolving carrier may be employed, which revolving carrier can be readily driven from the shaft T, and in this case the openings in the carrier-disk or the engaging side of the arms of the carrier are to be provided with a spirally-formed face, and thus adapted for proper engagement with the partially-formed rings or links.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the rotating hollow spindle, the loose spool upon the hollow spindle,and the stationary mandrel supported from within the bore of the said spindle, with the wire-guide, guiding-clamp, and forcer secured to the forward end of the hollow spindle and revolving therewith,substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of the rotating hollow spindle, the loose spool upon the hollow spindle, the stationary mandrel supported from within the bore of the said spindle, the guiding-clamp and forcer secured to the forward end of the hollow spindle and revolving therewith, and the revolving cutter adapted to divide the wire coil longitudinally, into separate rings or links, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the rotating hollow spindle, the loose spool upon the hollow spindle, and the stationary mandrel supported from within the bore of the said spindle, the guiding-clamp and forcer secured to the forward end of the hollow spindle and revolving therewith, the swaging-die and reciprocating plunger, and means for transporting the partiallyformed ring or link from the forward end of the mandrel to the swaging-die, substantially formed ring or link from the mandrel t0 the swaging-die, and the frictionally-geared balance-wheel shaft, whereby accidental injury to themachine is avoided, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for manufacturing rings or chain-links, the combination of the rotating hollow spindle, stationary mandrel supported from within the bore of the hollow spindle, the guiding-clamp and forcer secured to the forward end of the hollow spindle and revolving therewith, and the frictionally-driven loose spool upon the hollow spindle, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for making chain-links, the combination of a mandrel, a disk or support adapted to be revolved about said mandrel and provided with a reel or support for the wire to be wound, suitable means for causing the wire to wind closely about the mandrel, and a cutter for severing the convolutions of wire wound upon the mandrel, all substantially as described.

7. In a machine for making chainlinks, the combination of a mandrel, a disk or support adapted to be revolved about said mandrel,and

. provided with a reel or support for the wire to be wound, suitable means for causing the wire to wind closely about the mandrel, aswaging-die to press the partially-formed link, and a carrier to transfer the partially-formed link from the mandrel to the swaging-die, all substantially as described. 8. In a machine for forming rings or chainlinks out of wire, a fixed mandrel, a cutter arranged with its edge parallel with the axis of the mandrel, to sever the wire coils thereon, mechanism arranged 'for winding the wire on the mandrel and forcing it forward to the cutter, and carrying and swaging mechanisms, all substantially as described. IVILLIAM A. PECK-r Witnesses: SOORAIES SoHoLFrELD, GHAs. F. SoHMELz. 

